Outgoing Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg and businessman Tom Bernthal tied the knot in a cowboy-themed wedding over the weekend.
Sandberg, 52, married Bernthal, 50, the founder and former CEO of Kelton Global, on Saturday in Wyoming, the happy couple revealed on Instagram.
The wedding was held at the Four Seasons Resort in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, sources told Page Six – with the entire hotel booked for guests including the groom’s brother, Hollywood actor Jon Bernthal, along with tech titans and Washington, DC, power players, including Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken.
Forbes reports that Sandberg has a net worth $1.5 billion. She announced her intention to step down as Meta’s CEO in June to devote herself to ‘foundation work and philanthropic work,’ though she said she will continue serving on the board.
Reports said that she had been forced to resign due to an investigation regarding her use corporate resources for planning the wedding. This took place as JLo, Ben Affleck, and other power couples were also tied the knot in Georgia.
In an Instagram post late Saturday night, Sandberg shared a picture of herself and her new husband in with the caption: ‘MARRIED ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️’
According to People Magazine, the couple got engaged at a ranch where they share a passion for country music. They also included Western elements into their wedding day. The groom wore jeans and cowboy boots.
Bernthal posted Saturday’s nuptials picture to his Instagram account. The caption read: After both losing our loved ones, @sherylsandberg & I didn’t know if we’d ever be able to find love again. In the three years since, our lives have been merged and we have blended our families. Today was the day of our dreams.
Sheryl Sandberg (52), Meta COO, wed Tom Bernthal (55) on Saturday in Wyoming. The happy couple shared their love on Instagram
According to Page Six, the Four Seasons Resort, Jackson Hole, Wyoming was where it took place.
Both of them were engaged on a ranch, share a love for country music and tied the knot at Wyoming.
Sandberg, and Tom Bernthal walk to a morning session during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 6, 2022 in Sun Valley, Idaho, at conference where the most wealthy and powerful from the media, finance, and tech meet
Locals told Page Six that the day before the wedding, a welcome party was held for the guests and at least four helicopters were seen flying back and forth to the top of the mountain at the resort.
Sources said Bernthal’s brother Bernthal was seen playing touch football outside with other guests on the day of his ceremony.
“Jon was on the field playing football in an old-fashioned cowboy hat!” One star-struck local stated.
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Sources claim that secret agents were present at the hotel because of the guest list.
Sources claim that they bought the entire hotel to be used for the wedding.
The wedding was attended by Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook CEO), Sandberg’s ex-colleague.
Jon Bernthal, Tom Bernthal’s brother and actor (pictured at Sharp Stick’s movie premiere on July 25, 2022), was the best man for the couple’s ceremony.
Jon Bernthal, the brother of Tom Bernthal, is pictured here with Sheryl Sandberg in an undated photograph
Page Six received confirmation from locals that there was a party for guests the day before their wedding. At least four helicopters were also seen flying up and down the mountain to reach the peak.
Sources claim that secret agents were present at the hotel because of the large guest list. They bought the entire hotel and put it under lockdown.
The resort is nestled in the in a verdant mountain valley, surrounded by some of America’s most rugged peaks, celebrated ski runs and an inspiring array of wildlife in nearby Grand Teton National Park, according to its website
The resort features a spa and heated pool year-round. There is also a bar, The Handlebar.
Sandberg and Bernthal were surrounded by family and friends as they said their vows on Saturday.
The couple’s five children — Sandberg with her son and a daughter, and Bernthal with three children — all served as members of the bridal party.
Sandberg is the mother of her children from her marriage with Dave Goldberg. He died unexpectedly in 2015. People Magazine reports that Rob Sandberg, his brother and co-officiant of the ceremony, introduced the couple in 2019.
Bernthal stated to People Magazine that it was their wedding, as all seven of them.
Sandberg claimed that they kept saying “We’re all getting marital” and added,
The magazine reports that the couple requested guests give VOW and/or CARE donations to help with poverty alleviation and prevent child marriage.
Sandberg stated that while she and her husband are happy to be married, many people around the globe are forced to have children. She said that she was making the donations herself, but also invited her guests to join us in celebrating and trying to end child marriage.
It was revealed that the couple had raised $1million for VOW, and $10million for CARE.
Eight private residences and five suites are available at the resort, along with three guest rooms, two accessible rooms, and three guest rooms.
In an Instagram post, Sandberg shared a picture of herself and her new husband in with the caption: ‘MARRIED ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️’
Sheryl Sandberg has announced her engagement with Tom Bernthal, the father-of-three chief marketing officer. They were first introduced by her brother.
In 2020, the couple announced their engagement for the first time. Sandberg posted a picture of the couple together, promoting Facebook’s Voting Information Center.
Instead of gifting their guests, they asked them to ask for donations to VOW/CARE. These funds will be used to support anti-child marital programs and poverty alleviation. According to reports, they have already raised $1million for VOW and $10,000,000 for CARE.
Sandberg was one of tech’s most prominent women and was the first lieutenant to Mark Zuckerberg as CEO. After having been with the company for fourteen years, she decided to quit Meta.
“I am really focused on what it is that I will do,” she said. Next, Philanthropy and I will continue on the board. There is also a leader for philanthropy.
Sandberg is not unfamiliar with advocacy work. Her role as co-founder, chair and director of Lean In Foundation is to foster advancement, leadership and inclusion of women at work.
She also plans to refocus her work on women’s issues and philanthropy as Roe v Wade is under assault.
“This is an important time for women. Sandberg, 52 years old, said this was a crucial moment in my life to make more impact with my philanthropy and with my foundation.
According to sources close to Meta, Sandberg made her sudden exit from the company as number two. The firm is continuing to evaluate her marriage to Bernthal (brother of actor Jon Bernthal).
Although sources indicated that an investigation was ongoing, a Meta spokeswoman said to DailyMail.com this summer: “Sheryl didn’t inappropriately use company resources to plan her wedding.”
“This is not related to Sheryl’s resignation from the company.
Sandberg, 52 years old, attended Sun Valley Conference with Bernthal. She wore a basic beige blouse and white cardigan with cream pants.
Sandberg quit her job as Meta’s chief operating officer in June, after she was probed over claims she used company resources to plan her wedding to Bernthal, who also works as a marketing CEO at the company
The business community was shocked when Sandberg announced her resignation from the company. She stated that she felt ‘burned-out’ and ‘punching bags’ after the recent criticisms Meta received.
After a whistleblower report that showed the parent company Meta Platforms was aware of the harmful effects Instagram had on teenagers but didn’t do anything about it, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta Platforms, has been under increasing pressure from other executives to review their social media platforms.
Sandberg will continue to be a Meta board Member. According to close friends, Sandberg felt the worst of the pressure.
Sandberg, herself, did not seem to have any ill will towards Meta and boss Zuckerberg. She said that she was enthusiastic for the future of the company.
In her resignation letter, she stated that “Sitting beside Mark for these 14 years was the honour and privilege of my life.” “I’m so proud of all the achievements this team has made.”
Sandberg was a 14-year veteran of the Tech giant’s building process with Mark Zuckerberg (right). Sandberg publicly stated her intentions to resign this fall
People close to Sandberg claim that she is the most powerful woman in tech and has become exhausted from dealing with all the Facebook and Meta controversies.
After leaving Google in 2008, Sandberg was appointed chief operating officer of the social media company. This is four years prior to Facebook’s public launch.
“When I accepted this job, 2008, I had hoped that I’d be here for at least five years.” Sandberg posted on her Facebook page that 14 years later it was time to start writing the next chapter in my life.
However, she didn’t say exactly what she was planning to do next in her career. She only said that her immediate priorities are her wedding and charitable work.
Sandberg is worth an estimated $1.6 Billion and is known for being a prominent philanthropist. She also wrote the bestseller Lean In about professional women.
Sandberg’s 47-year-old husband, Dave Goldberg, tragically died in 2015 after suffering an unexpected heart attack while running on a treadmill. They had two children.
Sandberg was married to Dave Goldberg, who had two children (right). Goldberg died in 2015.
Sandberg was later married to Bobby Kotick who is the CEO of Activision Blizzard. However, he split from him in 2019, after a long relationship that lasted three years.
Sandberg proposed to Bernthal in February 2020.
Sandberg joined Facebook in 2005 as vice president, Global Online Sales and Operations, Google. He was also the chief of staff to former President Bill Clinton’s United States Treasury Department.
Her impressive resume also includes stints as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and an economist with the World Bank.
Sandberg, a Harvard University grad, is also the author of numerous books, such as the feminist manifesto, Lean In: Women, Work, And the Will To Lead (2013).
Sandberg, a Harvard University grad, is also the author of numerous books, including the feminist manifesto, Lean In: Women, Work, & the Will To Lead, which was published in 2013.
Sandberg has led Facebook — now Meta’s — advertising business and was responsible for nurturing it from its infancy into an over $100 billion-a-year powerhouse.
As the company’s second most-recognized face — after CEO Mark Zuckerberg — Sandberg has also become a polarizing figure amid revelations of how some of her business decisions for Facebook helped propagate misinformation and hate speech.
As one of the most prominent female executives in the tech industry, she was also often criticized for not doing enough both for women and for others harmed by Facebook’s products.
Her ability to communicate clearly and her apparent ease in combining politics, tech, and business were a stark contrast to Zuckerberg’s, particularly during the early days of Facebook. Zuckerberg, who was trained partly for several congressional hearings in which he has been asked to testify to defend Facebook’s practices, is slowly catching up.
Sandberg and Zuckerberg did not give any indications that Sandberg had resigned. But she’s also appeared somewhat sidelined in recent years, with other executives close to Zuckerberg, such as Chris Cox — who returned in 2020 as chief product officer after a yearlong break from the company —becoming more prominent.
“Sheryl Sandberg made a huge impact on Facebook and Meta as well as the wider business community. Debra Aho Williamson of Insider Intelligence, an analyst, said that she helped Facebook create a top-ranked ad-buying platform, and innovative ad formats. But she added that Facebook faced ‘huge scandals’ under Sandberg’s watch — including the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the Cambridge Analytica privacy debacle in 2018, and the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Meta now faces a slowdown with user growth, ad revenue, and this is being tested the business foundation upon which it was built. Sandberg may have been the right time to leave because it is necessary for the company to move forward.
Sandberg, who will leave Meta in the autumn, will remain on the board of the company.
Zuckerberg said in his own Facebook post that Javier Olivan, who currently oversees key functions at Meta’s four main apps — Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger — will serve as Meta’s new COO. It will not be the same job that Sandberg has held over the last 14 years.
‘It will be a more traditional COO role where Javi will be focused internally and operationally, building on his strong track record of making our execution more efficient and rigorous,’ Zuckerberg wrote.
Sandberg was Zuckerberg’s number one for a long time. 2, even sitting next to him — pre-pandemic, at least — in the company’s Menlo Park, California, headquarters, she also had a very public-facing job, meeting with lawmakers, holding focus groups and speaking out on issues such as women in the workplace and, most recently, abortion.
Zuckerberg said that Meta is now at a stage where the product and business group can be integrated more than all of the operations and business functions being organized in isolation.
Sandberg lost Dave Goldberg in 2015 and said that she was unsure what her future holds.
‘But I know it will include focusing more on my foundation and philanthropic work, which is more important to me than ever given how critical this moment is for women,’ she wrote, adding that she is also getting married this summer and that parenting their expanded family of five children will also be a part of this future.
Sandberg was the first to help Google create what became quickly the largest and most profitable internet advertising network. She resigned from that position to help make Facebook’s social network a profitable business.
Sheryl Sandberg (right), Meta’s COO, resigned amid an investigation over her use of corporate resources to help plan her upcoming wedding to Tom Bernthal (left)
This is a very important time for women. Sandberg stated that this is an important time for her to continue to work with Lean In Foundation and my philanthropy. Pictured with Lean In Foundation, Sandberg at the January 2019 march
It was her that Zuckerberg needed to get the best out of his then-infant, which helped to open the door to Facebook’s much anticipated first public offering of stock.
Facebook’s visionary, and controlling shareholder, Zuckerberg, was replaced by Sandberg as engine for a fast-growing digital ad company that is almost as lucrative as her original venture around Google’s top search engine.
Facebook, like Google’s ad business, thrived on the ability of its users to return for more. Facebook also uses its social network technology to discover more about their interests and habits. A nosy model which has led to constant debates over whether privacy is still an issue in this digital age.
As one of the top female executives in technology, Sandberg has at times has been held up as an inspiration for working women — a role she seemed to embrace with a best-selling 2013 book titled ‘Lean In: Women, Work and the Will To Lead.’
However, ‘Lean in’ was immediately criticized. Maureen Dowd, a New York Times columnist called Sandberg “PowerPoint Pied Piper” in Prada ankle boots. Critics suggested that she was not the right person to head a women’s movement.
Some of the criticism was addressed in her subsequent book about Dave Goldberg’s death. Goldberg’s death in 2015 while on vacation was a tragic accident that left her widowed with two young children.
Sheryl Sandberg, who was the chief operating officer at Meta Facebook parent company in January 2018, said that she will refocus on her work on women’s issues and philanthropy since Roe v Wade has been under attack.
Sandberg reiterated her position on abortion rights in May. She took to Facebook to state that the medical procedure was one of her most fundamental rights. The post was made despite the fact Meta’s Respectful Communication Policy prohibits employees discussing abortion.
Sandberg made some mistakes at Facebook, such as her attempts to shift blame from Facebook for Jan. 6, 2021’s insurrection at America’s Capitol.
Later that month, in an interview that was streamed live by Reuters she stated that she believed the events were ‘largely organised on platforms that don’t have the ability to stop hate and have the same standards as us. They also don’t have transparency.
Frances Haugen, a whistleblower, revealed that internal documents from Facebook showed that employees had concerns about Facebook’s slowing down and sometimes reverse response to the rise in extremism in America that led to the Jan. 6 events.
“Haven’t you had enough time? To manage the discourse, without encouraging violence? One employee wrote this on an internal messaging board in the midst of Jan. 6 chaos. “We’ve been feeding this fire for a while and shouldn’t be shocked that it’s now outof control.”